RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 038

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P424918

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424918.

Transliteration

[...] x x x [...]
[...]-u2# ak-zi#-[...]
[...]-hu#-pu-szu2-nu#-ti#-[...]
[...] x [...]
[...] u2-ru-mil#-[...]
[...] [...]
[...] isz#-szu-nim-ma [...]
[...] _numun# e2 ad_-szu2 as#-[...]
[...]-lu#-ti-ia e-[...]
[...] _giri3#-min_-ia ar2-[...]
[...] ha-za-qi-a-[...]
[...] ni#-bi ik-te#-[...]
[...] x x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 038. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P424918) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424918..

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